American

英 [əˈmerɪkən]

美 [əˈmerɪkən]

n.  美洲人; (尤指)美国人; 美国英语
adj.  美洲的; (尤指)美国的

复数：americans　

中考高考IELTS

BNC.636 / COCA.176

习惯用语

adj.

as American as apple pie
• 典型美国式的；地道美国式的
  used to say that sth is typical of America

牛津词典

noun

• 美洲人；（尤指）美国人
  a person from America, especially the US
• 美国英语
  the English language as spoken in the US

adj.

• 美洲的；（尤指）美国的
  of or connected with N or S America, especially the US
  1. I'm American.
     我是美国人。
  2. American culture/tourists
     美国文化 / 游客

柯林斯词典

• See also:...the American Ambassador at the United Nations....the influence of American television and movies.Latin American

双语例句

• I think your South American youth has prejudiced you
  我认为你在南美度过的青少年时代让你产生了偏见。
• The American edition of 'Cloud Street' is already in its third printing.
  美国版的《云街》已经是第三次印刷了。
• One group claimed to have executed the American hostage
  一个组织声称已经处决了那名美国人质。
• He had developed a slight American accent.
  他说话带上了一点轻微的美国口音。
• The collection includes all the band's British and American hit singles.
  专辑中收录了该乐队在英国和美国的所有热门单曲。
• Have you heard the one about the Irishman, the Englishman and the American?
  你听过那个关于爱尔兰人、英国人和美国人的笑话吗？
• The 1990 Nobel Prize for medicine was won by two Americans.
  1990年诺贝尔医学奖由两位美国人获得。
• The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this.
  美国国会和媒体大都没搞清这一切的核心问题。
• The firm has amalgamated with an American company
  该公司和一家美国公司合并了。
• The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.
  这本书是对拉丁美洲历史的一种讽喻。